So today during the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, London (a very significant event in the footballing calendar, for those not familiar with the game) violence erupted within the stadium among supporters of Millwall FC (one of the teams playing there) with police getting heavily involved. It looked pretty bad - upset women and girls crying in some cases, police going in with batons, and a fair share of bloody noses etc. with plenty of grown men involved.
Check out the amoeba with the Policeman's hat - obviously not aware of the fact football is on TV these days... *sigh*
I'm not sure the exact reasons they were fighting, but it probably started with something minor, then escalated given the quantity of people and booze present.
Now seeing this sort of thing is rare these days in football (in the UK at least), but Millwall fans do have a bad reputation for this kind of behaviour - although even for them fighting among themselves is a poor show.
In fact football violence still goes on to some extent - although on a much smaller scale than its heyday - there is still an element of football fans who persist in giving the rest of us a bad name as mindless animals, thugs, hooligans etc.
So, to get to the point, I was wondering what you all think of this, and if there are any other sports where fan violence exists on a notable scale - I for one am not aware of any. If this is the case, then why football? What do you reckon people get from fighting opposing fans? I'd just like to hear any opinions really, as this kind of 'culture' interests me.


Check out the amoeba with the Policeman's hat - obviously not aware of the fact football is on TV these days... *sigh*
I'm not sure the exact reasons they were fighting, but it probably started with something minor, then escalated given the quantity of people and booze present.
Now seeing this sort of thing is rare these days in football (in the UK at least), but Millwall fans do have a bad reputation for this kind of behaviour - although even for them fighting among themselves is a poor show.
In fact football violence still goes on to some extent - although on a much smaller scale than its heyday - there is still an element of football fans who persist in giving the rest of us a bad name as mindless animals, thugs, hooligans etc.
So, to get to the point, I was wondering what you all think of this, and if there are any other sports where fan violence exists on a notable scale - I for one am not aware of any. If this is the case, then why football? What do you reckon people get from fighting opposing fans? I'd just like to hear any opinions really, as this kind of 'culture' interests me.